One Love by Dan LinnOne love.
One love, two hearts.
One love, two hearts, three screaming fights.
One love, two hearts, three screaming fights, four sleepless nights.
One love, two hearts, three screaming fights, four sleepless nights, five messages on an answering machine.
One love, two hearts, three screaming fights, four sleepless nights, five messages on an answering machine. six final entries on a divorce decree.
One love, two hearts, three screaming fights, four sleepless nights, five messages on an answering machine. six final entries on a divorce decree, seven children abandoned, wondering, guilty, and angry.
One love, two hearts, three screaming fights, four sleepless nights, five messages on an answering machine. six final entries on a divorce decree, seven children abandoned, wondering, guilty, and angry, eight insinuating, incriminating, debilitating, threats.
One love, two hearts, three screaming fights, four sleepless nights, five messages on an answering machine. six final entries on a divorce decree, seven children abandoned, wondering, guilty, and angry, eight insinuating, incriminating, debilitating, threats. Nine flights to freedom for the far flung refugees of the family's flowering diaspora.
One love, two hearts, three screaming fights, four sleepless nights, five messages on an answering machine, six final entries on a divorce decree, seven children abandoned, wondering, guilty, and angry, eight insinuating, incriminating, debilitating, threats. Nine flights to freedom for the far flung refugees of the family's flowering diaspora. Ten genealogical, trans-generational, multi-national, dizzy dysfunctional families trying to heal. 07/22/2011 Author's Note: So many have told me stories of their fractured families, that this is my reaction. My family is close, so I see a contrast. The form of this poem follows a stoner game taken from a famous radio test that went something like, "One ham. One ham, two ducks. One ham, two ducks, three screaming geese. Etc...
Posted on 01/01/2012 Copyright © 2025 Dan Linn
Member Comments on this Poem |
Posted by Alison McKenzie on 01/01/12 at 03:58 AM It tells an unfortunate story far too well. |
Posted by LK Barrett on 01/06/12 at 04:12 PM ...that you allow for healing in your last line is evocative of the special grace of a loving family. This is a tale many military families know all too well. Thank you for telling it here, with the hope for healing. lk |
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